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Who owns your block

5600 block of N 15th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 homes behind $56,963 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 72% since 2016, now about $205K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$205K
$190K–$300K
ZIP median $176K
Price / sq ft
$134
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
82%
9 of 11
city 41%
Rentals
27%
3 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$57K
2 of 11 behind
▲ block 18% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$119
5 years
+86%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+72%
value · tax +$1K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

The makeup of the block

Every home, plotted by size and assessed value — press play and watch the block reprice from 2016 to 2027. One bubble per house (area = lot size), colored by who owns it; a gold ring marks tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Tax-abated
  • Bubble = lot size
  • → bigger interior  ·  ↑ higher value

Assessed values from the city's year-by-year assessment record — a proxy for price, lumpy in reassessment years.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $205K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19141 median of $176K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19141 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19141Philadelphia
Median home value$205K$176K$223K
Owner-occupied36%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 167 reported crimes (57 violent) and 156 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
167
57 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
156
22 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults37
Narcotic / Drug Law Violations29
All Other Offenses22
Thefts22
Fraud16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection53
Maintenance Complaint22
Illegal Dumping14
Traffic Signal Emergency13
Abandoned Vehicle9
Construction Complaints7

Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary · K-5
Julia Ward Howe
5800 N 13th St · 225 students
Middle · 6-8
General Louis Wagner
1701 Chelten Ave · 294 students
High · 9-12
Martin Luther King
6100 Stenton Ave · 604 students

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$125K$250K$205K2016: $119K2017: $119K2018: $119K2019: $115K2020: $110K2021: $110K2022: $110K2023: $152K2024: $152K2025: $199K2026: $199K2027: $205K2016202020232027

▲ +72% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$2,7162016: $1,6502017: $1,6502018: $1,6502019: $1,5052020: $1,4422021: $1,4422022: $1,4422023: $1,6272024: $1,6272025: $2,5872026: $2,5972027: $2,7162016202020232027

▲ +65% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9310025020162019202220252027This block 172 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $172 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+72%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.4 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years); rental yield is estimated from ACS area rents. Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 15 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2005201020152020
15arm's-length sales since 2001
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
4homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 11 parcels

Owner-occupied: 9Investor / LLC: 2 11parcels
  • Owner-occupied 9
  • Investor / LLC 2

Value distribution today

5 parcels3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels2 parcels
$190K$291K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Crown Royal Properties Ll19$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Suelke'S Rental Llc17$1.3Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 11 homes on the block — value and 12-year trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail on the ones that were bought, built, torn down, or flipped. Sorted up the street; each links to its full city record — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5615 N 15TH ST Bought for $155K in 2023. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $291K 3/1 2,880 1925 1
5616 N 15TH ST Traded 4×: $20K in 2001 → $66K in 2003 (+230%). Owner-occupied $212K 3/1 1,728 1925 4
5617 N 15TH ST Owner pulled a use permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $196K 3/1 1,446 1925 0 tax lien
5618 N 15TH ST Bought for $54K in 2014. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $194K 2/2 1,416 1925 1 rented
5619 N 15TH ST Traded 2×: $90K in 2021 → $280K in 2022 (+211%). Owner-occupied $300K 3/2 1,632 1925 2 rented
5620 N 15TH ST Traded 4×: $26K in 2003 → $79K in 2017 (+205%). Investor / LLC $190K 3/1 1,416 1925 4 rented
5621 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,536 1925 1
5622 N 15TH ST Bought for $200K in 2020. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $274K 3/1 1,416 1925 2 tax lien
5623 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,536 1925 0
5624 N 15TH ST L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $190K 3/1 1,416 1925 0 tax lien
5626 N 15TH ST Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,632 1925 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.